Fadette by Richard Hudnut c1924

• Perfume Name: Fadette
• Perfume Company: Richard Hudnut
• Creation Date: 1924
• Bottle Designer: Julien Viard
• Bottle Manufacturer:
• Measurements: 4" tall
• Markings: Base molded with "Bottle Made in France" and "J. Viard"

Description:  Perfume bottle in clear and frosted glass molded with crisscrossing floral swag motifs, highlighted with sepia patina, figural stopper of a sitting Neo-Classical female also highlighted with sepia patina.

Ambre de Carthage by Isabey c1926

• Perfume Name: Ambre de Carthage, also used for La Route d'Emeraude
• Perfume Company: Isabey
• Creation Date: 1926
• Bottle Designer: Julien Viard
• Bottle Manufacturer: unknown
• Measurements: 5" tall
• Markings: Molded with "J. VIARD"

Description: Clear and frosted glass molded with frieze of Neo-Classical children holding floral swags, highlighted with gray patina, molded glass stopper,  and housed in a faux Spanish leather presentation box.

Luxurious molded colorless pressed glass bottle of cylindrical section, roll shape, base with grooved pattern, its body with molded belt decoration of high relief depicting four cherubs holding garlands of roses on a plant background, notebook neck, its disk shaped stopper featuring a floral decoration, the whole patinated anthracite gray.

 

Le Prestige by Gueldy c1922

• Perfume Name: Le Prestige
• Perfume Company: Gueldy
• Creation Date: 1922
• Bottle Designer: Julien Viard
• Bottle Manufacturer: unknown
• Measurements: 6 1/8" tall
• Markings: Base molded "J. Viard"

Description: Clear and frosted glass perfume bottle molded with "Le Prestige" along the top, highlighted with sepia patina, figural stopper of a winged female sitting down with legs crossed, also highlighted with sepia patina.

Gaby by Avenel c1913

• Perfume Name: Gaby
• Perfume Company: Avenel
• Creation Date: 1913
• Bottle Designer: Julien Viard
• Bottle Manufacturer:
• Measurements:  3 3/4" tall
• Markings: unsigned

Description:  Clear and frosted eight sided bottle molded with detailed pansy motif on six panels, other two panels are free of decoration. The bottle retains its original frosted stopper also molded with the pansy motif. The pansies are highlighted with a dusty pink patina while the leaves are highlighted with grey patina.

Enigma by Lubin c1921

• Perfume Name: Enigma
• Perfume Company: Lubin
• Creation Date: 1921
• Bottle Designer: Julien Viard
• Bottle Manufacturer:
• Measurements: 3 1/2" tall
• Markings:

Description: Pyramid shaped crystal perfume bottle molded with an intaglio of a sphinx, the name "Enigma" in a cartouche, piqued out in gold enamel. Original presentation box illustrated with ancient Egyptian scarab and lotus graphics.

Enigma by Lubin was originally launched in 1898, but was repackaged in 1921 with the Egyptian pyramid bottle.

Ghysra by Djamila c1920

• Perfume Name: Ghysra
• Perfume Company: Djamila
• Creation Date: 1920
• Bottle Designer: Julien Viard
• Bottle Manufacturer: Depinoix
• Measurements: approx. 5 1/4" in height

Description: Perfume bottle in clear and frosted glass, featuring a raised poppy motif, burnished in deep pewter gray, culminating in a fully-formed poppy as stopper.

Les Fontaines Parfumees de Grasse by Les Parfumees de Grasse c1924

• Perfume Name: Les Fontaines Parfumees de Grasse/Pelissier-Aragon
• Perfume Company: Les Parfumees de Grasse (of Grasse; originally Pelissier-Aragon, re-named in 1924 (Emile-André Pelissie)
• Creation Date: 1924
• Bottle Designer: Julien Viard
• Bottle Manufacturer: Depinoix

Description:  Sublime and very rare bottle in colorless pressed glass, satin frosted molded, with a cylindrical oval section, its body in the shape of a curved convex disc, two sides with molded decoration of a butterfly with outstretched wings, gold lacquered and molded flowers, collar with a flap enhanced with gold, its trilobed cap decorated with gold lacquered cabochons, with its embossed gold label.  

Model designed by Julien Viard and published by Verreries Dépinoix - unsigned - Measurements: 4 1/2" tall by 3" wide.

 

 

DEPINOIX perfume bottle for various scents by Pelissier-Aragon (Les Fontaines Parfumees Grasse), circa 1924, in clear and frosted glass with sepia stain and enamel. Ht. 5 in (12 cm). Photo from Rago Arts.